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N.J. POLITICS ROUNDUP
A collection of political news from the Statehouse and around New Jersey
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday appeared on the "Today" show, saying the decision to release a nurse to her home state after she had been quarantined in New Jersey amid the Ebola scare had nothing to do her retaining a lawyer.
The Republican governor also said he's "happy" to take on a lawsuit from the nurse, Kaci Hickox.
In addition, the Maine health commissioner said she expects Hickox to isolate herself at home until the incubation period for the disease is over.
Meanwhile, Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical researcher Dr. Bruce Beutler embraced Christie's plan.
But U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) called on the governor to show us the "science, not politics" when it comes to combatting Ebola.
SWEENEY'S PENSION IDEA
State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) is floating a idea to move the goal posts for funding public workers' pensions.
THE AUDITOR: MAN IN ANTI-GAY MAILER SPEAKS
A look at one of the men shown on a now-infamous postcard from an anti-gay Virginia group that went after U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
IN OTHER NEWS ...
• The federal judge who temporarily halted legalized sports betting from beginning last weekend in New Jersey will hear arguments next month as to whether the ban should be extended.
• A new poll shows continued dissatisfaction with New Jersey's Hurricane Sandy recovery effort among a large majority of residents affected by the storm.
• Law enforcement in New Jersey must take new steps to combat rising heroin and prescription drug abuse, including enhanced training for officers and stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, under an order issued by acting state Attorney General John Hoffman.
NJ Advance Media staff writers Matt Arco, Christopher Baxter, Claude Brodesser-Akner, Matt Friedman, Susan K. Livio, and Erin O'Neill contributed to this report.
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